Inflation increased in January as expected, according to a key indicator the Federal Reserve uses when deciding whether to cut interest rates. The Dow Jones consensus estimate indicated that the personal consumption expenditures price index, which does not include food and energy costs, increased by 2.8% from a year ago and by 0.4% for the…
According to flash data released on Thursday, annual inflation in the euro zone fell to 2.4% in November from 2.9% in October. A reading of 2.7% was anticipated by Reuters polling economists. The European Central Bank’s closely watched core inflation rate, which takes into account only the volatile effects of food, energy, alcohol, and tobacco,…
More than expected, US wholesale price inflation increased by 0.5% in September. Unexpectedly, high wholesale price growth in September was a sign of brewing inflationary pressures for the American economy. The Labor Department reported on Wednesday that the producer price index, which measures the costs for finished goods that producers pay, increased by 0.5% for…
An economic indicator that the Federal Reserve uses as a measure of inflation rose less than expected in August, showing that the central bank’s fight against rising prices is making progress. The personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.1% in the month, less than the 0.2% rise expected in the…
